I watched part of a Meldrum presentation just last night. Listened, really, because the video part was an overhead projection of slides. I enjoyed listening to the guy as I waited for Mrs. Huntster to return from a play, cuz if I went to sleep, she'd wake me up, and I wouldn't get back to sleep. I think Meldrum is an outstanding speaker. He can even slip in some pretty good wit.
He's filling a very necessary role, and doing a pretty good job at playing the ambassador between the unwashed researchers and the pointy-headed elite sitting behind their ivy covered walls. I've never met the guy, but I almost want to shoot a sasquatch and package it up just to present it to him.